Jessica Lowell covers business and economic development and general news in the Gardiner area. After short but intense aspirations to be an opera singer (age 4) and a deep-sea diver (age 6) her most enduring passion has been telling stories. A University of Maine graduate, she worked for newspapers in New Hampshire, upstate New York and Wyoming, where she has won awards for investigative and explanatory journalism. She’s a fellow of the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism and the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources. After several years out of journalism, she returned to Maine and to writing, where she spends her free time enjoying both trees and the ocean, two commodities that Wyoming lacks.
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PublishedJune 5, 2021
Richmond High School sends off 31 students at graduation
The students reflected on their experiences and hopes in a ceremony that packed the school’s gymnasium with friends and family.
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PublishedJune 1, 2021
Farmingdale seeks approval for money to take care of trees, paving
The Board of Selectmen is proposing a budget with nearly $1.69 million in spending for residents to consider at its annual Town Meeting Thursday, with just over $1 million to be raised in property taxes.
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PublishedMay 28, 2021
Central Maine companies seek workers through drive-thru job fairs
The drive-thru option gives organizations struggling to fill vacancies during the COVID-19 pandemic a different way to recruit people, who can apply from the safe distance of their vehicles.
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PublishedMay 28, 2021
Gardiner proceeds with evictions in three city-owned properties
City officials will seek to sell four tax-acquired properties for market value, so that whatever is left after the city collects what it’s owed can be turned over to the former property owners. One of those properties is where At-large City Councilor Penny Sergent lives.
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PublishedMay 28, 2021
Gardiner chooses consultant to help with city manager search
The Gardiner City Council will hire Eaton Peabody Consulting Group to conduct the search for its next city manager, who could be named by mid-August.
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PublishedMay 28, 2021
Details emerge in Augusta criminal threatening case
Ray C. Mack was arrested Thursday in Augusta following a search of a home on Waldo Street on charges of criminal threatening and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
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PublishedMay 27, 2021
Augusta man arrested on criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon charge
Augusta police, Maine State Police, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and Homeland Security, searched a Waldo Street home Thursday, and arrested Ray Mack on a charge of threatening.
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PublishedMay 26, 2021
Somerville man works to clear wreckage after a speeding truck damages his home Saturday
Rob Prescott was working on the roof of his home Saturday when a speeding pickup truck struck the front of the mobile home, knocking it off its foundation and destroying the front deck.
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PublishedMay 25, 2021
Gardiner Ambulance proposal would extend weekend service this summer
Gardiner Fire Chief Rick Sieberg is proposing parking the Ambulance Service’s third rescue truck in Richmond to expand service and reduce response time, but the plan rests on securing approval in the city’s proposed budget.
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PublishedMay 24, 2021
For now, Augusta to continue mask requirement for council meetings, entry to City Center
Despite the state loosening its mask mandate, central Maine towns and cities are varied in their approaches to changing regulations.
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